XMS REPOSITORY

XMS is a fully integrated suite of Windows SQL Server based tools for analyzing and documenting IBM MVS, VM, VSE, AS400, AIX, BULL, GCOS, ICL, UNIX, ASSEMBLY, COBOL, PL1, PLI, RPG, GAP, SAS, EASYTRIEVE, NATURAL, PACBASE, IDEAL, QMF, CICS, IMS, SQL, DB2, DLI, DL1, DATACOM, ADABAS, IDMS, IDS2, DDS, ... programming languages.

XMS is a "manager" of computer source code. It keeps track of all of your IT "objects" and how they are used. When we say objects we mean all of your computer source code: your applications, jobs, production job schedules, programs, subroutines, copies, includes, screen descriptions, database descriptions, file descriptions, data definitions, etc.

The XMS analyzers read all of your source code libraries in which your IT objects are stored in order to extract information about your computer applications. All of the information extracted from your source libraries is stored in a database called the XMS Repository or simply the XMS database, which is an open SQL Server industry standard relational database.

Once an XMS database has been created by running the XMS analyzers against your source code libraries then you will be able to interrogate the XMS database to obtain information about your IT objects.